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• 肋 (lak6) — (bound form) rib; Taiwan pr. [le4]
• 肋骨 (lak6 gwat1) — rib
• 肌 (gei1) — (bound form) flesh; muscle
• 肌動蛋白 (gei1 dung6 daan2 baak6) — actin
• 肌原纖維 (gei1 jyun4 cim1 wai4) — (anatomy) myofibril
• 肌理 (gei1 lei5) — texture (of skin, surface etc)
• 肌纖維 (gei1 cim1 wai4) — muscle fiber
• 肌纖蛋白 (gei1 cim1 daan2 baak6) — myocilin; muscle fibrin
• 肌肉注射 (gei1 juk6 zyu3 se6) — intramuscular injection
• 肌肉發達 (gei1 juk6 faat3 daat6) — muscular
• 肌肉組織 (gei1 juk6 zou2 zik1) — muscle tissue
• 肌肉鬆弛劑 (gei1 juk6 sung1 ci4 zai1) — muscle relaxant (medicine)
• 肌胃 (gei1 wai6) — gizzard
• 肌腱 (gei1 gin3) — tendon (anatomy); sinew; hamstrings
• 肌膚 (gei1 fu1) — skin; flesh; fig. close physical relationship
• 肌苷酸二鈉 (gei1 gam1 syun1 ji6 naap6) — disodium inosinate (E631)
• 肌電圖 (gei1 din6 tou4) — electromyogram (EMG)
• 肌體 (gei1 tai2) — the body; organism (usually human); (fig.) fabric (of society etc); cohesive st…
• 肏 (caau3) — to fuck (vulgar)
• 肏你媽 (cou3 nei5 maa1) — fuck your mother (vulgar)
• 肏屄 (cou3 bei1) — to fuck (a woman) (vulgar)
• 肏蛋 (cou3 daan2) — lousy; rotten
• 肏逼 (cou3 bik1) — variant of 肏屄[cao4 bi1]
• 肓 (fong1) — region between heart and diaphragm
• 肖伯納 (ciu3 baak3 naap6) — Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
• 肖似 (ciu3 ci5) — to resemble; to look like
• 肖像 (ciu3 zoeng6) — portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person…
• 肖恩 (ciu3 jan1) — Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
• 肖揚 (ciu3 joeng4) — Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008
• 肖邦 (ciu3 bong1) — Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
• 肘 (zau2) — elbow; pork shoulder
• 肘腋 (zau2 jik6) — lit. armpit; elbow and armpit; fig. right up close (to a disaster); in one's ba…
• 肚兒 (tou5 ji4) — erhua variant of 肚[du3]
• 肚兜 (tou5 dau1) — undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
• 肚子 (tou5 zi2) — belly; abdomen; stomach
• 肚子痛 (tou5 zi2 tung3) — stomachache; bellyache
• 肚孤 (tou5 gu1) — (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
• 肚痛 (tou5 tung3) — stomachache
• 肚皮 (tou5 pei4) — belly
• 肚皮舞 (tou5 pei4 mou5) — belly dance
• 肚腩 (tou5 naam5) — belly
• 肚腹 (tou5 fuk1) — belly (old)
• 肚臍 (tou5 ci4) — navel
• 肚臍眼 (tou5 ci4 ngaan5) — navel; belly button
• 肛 (gong1) — (bound form) anus; rectum
• 肛交 (gong1 gaau1) — anal intercourse
• 肛欲期 (gong1 juk6 kei4) — anal stage (psychology)
• 肛門 (gong1 mun4) — anus
• 肛門直腸 (gong1 mun4 zik6 coeng2) — rectum (anatomy)
• 肜 (jung4) — surname Rong
• 肝 (gon1) — liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]); (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the nigh…
• 肝吸蟲 (gon1 kap1 cung4) — liver fluke
• 肝火 (gon1 fo2) — irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver
• 肝炎 (gon1 jim4) — hepatitis
• 肝病 (gon1 beng6) — liver disease
• 肝癌 (gon1 ngaam4) — liver cancer
• 肝硬化 (gon1 ngaang6 faa3) — cirrhosis
• 肝腦塗地 (gon1 nou5 tou4 dei6) — to offer one's life in sacrifice
• 肝腸寸斷 (gon1 coeng4 cyun3 dyun6) — lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom); fig. grief-stricken
• 肝膽相照 (gon1 daam2 soeng1 ziu3) — to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
• 肝臟 (gon1 zong6) — liver
• 股二頭肌 (gu2 ji6 tau4 gei1) — biceps femoris (anatomy)
• 股份 (gu2 fan2) — a share (in a company); stock
• 股份公司 (gu2 fan2 gung1 si1) — joint-stock company
• 股份有限公司 (gu2 fan2 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1) — joint-stock limited company; corporation
• 股價 (gu2 gaa3) — stock price; share price
• 股四頭肌 (gu2 sei3 tau4 gei1) — quadriceps muscle group; thigh muscles
• 股市 (gu2 si5) — stock market
• 股息 (gu2 sik1) — dividend
• 股慄 (gu2 leot6) — (literary) to tremble with fear
• 股指 (gu2 zi2) — stock market index; share price index; abbr. for 股票指數|股票指数[gu3 piao4 zhi3 shu4]
• 股掌 (gu2 zoeng2) — (have sb in) the palm of one's hand; fig. (under) one's complete control
• 股本 (gu2 bun2) — capital stock; investment
• 股東 (gu2 dung1) — shareholder; stockholder
• 股東大會 (gu2 dung1 daai6 wui2) — general shareholders' meeting
• 股東特別大會 (gu2 dung1 dak6 bit6 daai6 wui2) — special shareholders' meeting
• 股權 (gu2 kyun4) — equity shares; stock right
• 股民 (gu2 man4) — stock investor; share trader
• 股溝 (gu2 kau1) — buttock cleavage; butt crack
• 股癬 (gu2 sin2) — tinea cruris, fungal skin infection of the groin; dermatomycosis, esp. sexually…
• 股票 (gu2 piu3) — share certificate; stock (finance)
• 股票交易所 (gu2 piu3 gaau1 jik6 so2) — stock exchange
• 股票代號 (gu2 piu3 doi6 hou6) — ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
• 股票市場 (gu2 piu3 si5 coeng4) — stock market; stock exchange
• 股票投資 (gu2 piu3 tau4 zi1) — to invest in stock; to buy shares
• 股票指數 (gu2 piu3 zi2 sou3) — stock market index; share price index
• 股肱 (gu2 gwang1) — trusted aide
• 股長 (gu2 zoeng2) — person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department); head; chief; director; (i…
• 股骨 (gu2 gwat1) — femur
• 肢 (zi1) — limb
• 肢解 (zi1 gaai2) — to dismember; (fig.) to break into parts
• 肢體 (zi1 tai2) — limb; limbs and trunk; body
• 肥力 (fei4 lik6) — fertility (of soil)
• 肥厚 (fei4 hau5) — plump; fleshy; fertile
• 肥城 (fei4 sing4) — see 肥城市[Fei2 cheng2 Shi4]
• 肥城市 (fei4 sing4 si5) — Feicheng, a county-level city in Tai'an City 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4], Shandong
• 肥墩墩 (fei4 deon1 deon1) — exceedingly obese
• 肥壯 (fei4 zong3) — stout and strong
• 肥大 (fei4 daai6) — (of clothes) baggy; loose; (of a person) fat; stout; (medicine) hypertrophy
• 肥實 (fei4 sat6) — plump (of fruit); fat (of meat); fertile (of land)
• 肥差 (fei4 caai1) — lucrative job; cushy job
• 肥效 (fei4 haau6) — effectiveness of fertilizer
• 肥料 (fei4 liu2) — fertilizer; manure
• 肥東 (fei4 dung1) — see 肥東縣|肥东县[Fei2 dong1 Xian4]
• 肥東縣 (fei4 dung1 jyun6) — Feidong, a county in Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
• 肥水不流外人田 (fei4 seoi2 bat1 lau4 ngoi6 jan4 tin4) — lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field; fig. keep the g…
• 肥沃 (fei4 juk1) — fertile
• 肥甘 (fei4 gam1) — fine foods
• 肥田 (fei4 tin4) — fertile land; to fertilize the soil
• 肥田粉 (fei4 tin4 fan2) — ammonium sulfate fertilizer
• 肥皂 (fei4 zou6) — soap
• 肥皂劇 (fei4 zou6 kek6) — soap opera (loanword)
• 肥皂沫 (fei4 zou6 mut6) — soapy lather; foam
• 肥皂泡 (fei4 zou6 pou5) — soap bubble
• 肥碩 (fei4 sek6) — fleshy (fruit); plump; large and firm-fleshed (limbs, body); stout
• 肥缺 (fei4 kyut3) — lucrative post
• 肥羊 (fei4 joeng4) — (fig.) attractive and easy mark; source of steady profit; moneymaker; cash cow
• 肥美 (fei4 mei5) — fertile; luxuriant; plump; rounded
• 肥肉 (fei4 juk6) — fat (e.g. pork fat); fatty meat; (fig.) a gold mine; cash cow
• 肥胖 (fei4 bun6) — fat; obese
• 肥胖症 (fei4 bun6 zing3) — obesity
• 肥腸 (fei4 coeng2) — pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff)
• 肥膩 (fei4 nei6) — (of foods) fatty; greasy
• 肥西 (fei4 sai1) — see 肥西縣|肥西县[Fei2 xi1 Xian4]
• 肥西縣 (fei4 sai1 jyun6) — Feixi, a county in Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui
• 肥鄉 (fei4 hoeng1) — see 肥鄉區|肥乡区[Fei2 xiang1 Qu1]
• 肥頭大耳 (fei4 tau4 daai6 ji5) — fat; plump; chubby
• 肥馬輕裘 (fei4 maa5 hing1 kau4) — lit. stout horses and light furs; fig. to live in luxury
• 肩 (gin1) — shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 肩並肩 (gin1 bing6 gin1) — shoulder to shoulder; abreast; side by side
• 肩周炎 (gin1 zau1 jim4) — adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
• 肩射導彈 (gin1 se6 dou6 daan2) — shoulder-fired missile
• 肩帶 (gin1 daai2) — shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric
• 肩扛 (gin1 gong1) — to carry on the shoulder
• 肩章 (gin1 zoeng1) — epaulet; shoulder loop; shoulder mark
• 肩胛骨 (gin1 gaap3 gwat1) — scapula; shoulder blade
• 肩膀 (gin1 bong2) — shoulder
• 肩膊 (gin1 bok3) — shoulder
• 肩負 (gin1 fu6) — to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage)
• 肩起 (gin1 hei2) — to bear; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 肩頭 (gin1 tau4) — on one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder
• 肪 (fong1) — animal fat
• 肯亞 (hang2 aa3) — (Tw) Kenya
• 肯塔基 (hang2 taap3 gei1) — Kentucky, US state
• 肯定 (hang2 ding6) — to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to a…
• 肯定句 (hang2 ding6 geoi3) — affirmative sentence
• 肯尼亞 (hang2 nei4 aa3) — Kenya
• 肯尼迪 (hang2 nei4 dik6) — Kennedy (name); J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 196…
• 肯尼迪航天中心 (hang2 nei4 dik6 hong4 tin1 zung1 sam1) — Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3],…
• 肯尼迪角 (hang2 nei4 dik6 gok3) — Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 e…
• 肯德基 (hang2 dak1 gei1) — KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
• 肯德拉 (hang2 dak1 laai1) — Kendra (name)
• 肯普索恩 (hang2 pou2 sok3 jan1) — (Dirk) Kempthorne (US Senator from Idaho)
• 肯特 (hang2 dak6) — Kent (English county)
• 肱三頭肌 (gwang1 saam1 tau4 gei1) — triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
• 肱二頭肌 (gwang1 ji6 tau4 gei1) — bicipital muscle; biceps
• 肱骨 (gwang1 gwat1) — humerus
• 育人 (juk6 jan4) — to educate people (esp. morally)
• 育兒袋 (juk6 ji4 doi2) — marsupial pouch
• 育幼袋 (juk6 jau3 doi2) — pouch of a female marsupial
• 育幼院 (juk6 jau3 jyun2) — orphanage
• 育水 (juk6 seoi2) — name of river; old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan
• 育種 (juk6 zung2) — to breed; breeding
• 育空 (juk6 hung1) — Yukon (Canadian territory adjacent to Alaska)
• 育齡期 (juk6 ling4 kei4) — childbearing age
• 肺刺激性毒劑 (fai3 ci3 gik1 sing3 duk6 zai1) — lung irritant
• 肺心病 (fai3 sam1 beng6) — pulmonary heart disease (medicine)
• 肺栓塞 (fai3 saan1 sak1) — pulmonary embolism (medicine)
• 肺氣腫 (fai3 hei3 zung2) — emphysema
• 肺水腫 (fai3 seoi2 zung2) — pulmonary edema
• 肺泡 (fai3 paau1) — pulmonary alveolus
• 肺活量 (fai3 wut6 loeng6) — (medicine) vital capacity
• 肺炎 (fai3 jim4) — pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
• 肺炎克雷伯氏菌 (fai3 jim4 hak1 leoi4 baak3 si6 kwan2) — Klebsiella pnenmoniae
• 肺炎雙球菌 (fai3 jim4 soeng1 kau4 kwan2) — Diplococcus pneumoniae
• 肺炎黴漿菌 (fai3 jim4 mei4 zoeng1 kwan2) — Mycoplasma pneumoniae
• 肺病 (fai3 beng6) — lung disease
• 肺癆 (fai3 lou4) — tuberculosis
• 肺癌 (fai3 ngaam4) — lung cancer
• 肺結核 (fai3 git3 hat6) — tuberculosis; TB
• 肺結核病 (fai3 git3 hat6 beng6) — tuberculosis, TB
• 肺腑 (fai3 fu2) — bottom of the heart (fig.)
• 肺腑之言 (fai3 fu2 zi1 jin4) — words from the bottom of one's heart
• 肺通氣 (fai3 tung1 hei3) — pulmonary ventilation (medicine)
• 肽單位 (taai3 daan1 wai2) — peptide unit (on protein chain)
• 肽基 (taai3 gei1) — peptide group; peptide unit
• 肽聚糖 (taai3 zeoi6 tong4) — peptidoglycan (PG) or murein (polymer of sugars and amino acids forming cell wa…
• 肽鍵 (taai3 gin6) — peptide bond CO-NH; bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical
• 肽鏈 (taai3 lin2) — peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein)
• 胂凡納明 (san6 faan4 naap6 ming4) — arsphenamine
• 胃 (wai6) — stomach
• 胃下垂 (wai6 haa6 seoi4) — gastroptosis
• 胃口 (wai6 hau2) — appetite; liking
• 胃寒 (wai6 hon4) — stomach cold (TCM)
• 胃液 (wai6 jik6) — gastric fluid
• 胃灼熱 (wai6 coek3 jit6) — heartburn; pyrosis
• 胃炎 (wai6 jim4) — gastritis
• 胃疼 (wai6 tang4) — stomachache
• 胃病 (wai6 beng6) — stomach trouble; stomach illness
• 胃痛 (wai6 tung3) — to have a stomachache
• 胃癌 (wai6 ngaam4) — stomach cancer
• 胃繞道 (wai6 jiu5 dou6) — gastric bypass
• 胃蛋白酶 (wai6 daan2 baak6 mui4) — pepsin
• 胃酸 (wai6 syun1) — gastric acid
• 胃鏡 (wai6 geng3) — gastroscope (medicine)
• 胄子 (zau6 zi2) — eldest son
• 胄甲 (zau6 gaap3) — helmet and armor
• 胄裔 (zau6 jeoi6) — descendants
• 背井離鄉 (bui3 zeng2 lei4 hoeng1) — to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
• 背信 (bui3 seon3) — to break faith
• 背信棄義 (bui3 seon3 hei3 ji6) — breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray; treachery; perfidy
• 背倚 (bui3 ji2) — to have one's back against; to lean against; to be backed up by (a mountain etc)
• 背側 (bui3 zak1) — back; back side
• 背光 (bui3 gwong1) — to have direct light blocked; to face away from the light source; (electronics)…
• 背包 (bui3 baau1) — knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack; field pack; blanket roll
• 背包客 (bui3 baau1 haak3) — backpacker
• 背包袱 (bui3 baau1 fuk6) — to have a weight on one's mind; to take on a mental burden
• 背包遊 (bui3 baau1 jau4) — backpacking
• 背叛 (bui3 bun6) — to betray
• 背叛者 (bui3 bun6 ze2) — traitor
• 背囊 (bui3 nong4) — backpack; knapsack; rucksack
• 背地 (bui3 dei6) — secretly; in private; behind someone's back
• 背地裡 (bui3 dei6 leoi5) — behind sb's back; secretly
• 背城借一 (bui3 sing4 ze3 jat1) — to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last d…
• 背字 (bui6 zi6) — bad luck
• 背對背 (bui3 deoi3 bui3) — back to back
• 背山 (bui3 saan1) — with back to the mountain (favored location)
• 背山臨水 (bui3 saan1 lam4 seoi2) — with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
• 背帶 (bui3 daai2) — braces; suspenders; sling (for a rifle); straps (for a knapsack)
• 背影 (bui3 jing2) — rear view; figure seen from behind; view of the back (of a person or object)
• 背影兒 (bui3 jing2 ji4) — erhua variant of 背影[bei4 ying3]
• 背後 (bui3 hau6) — behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
• 背心 (bui3 sam1) — sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)
• 背斜 (bui3 ce4) — anticline (geology)
• 背景 (bui3 ging2) — background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
• 背景音樂 (bui3 ging2 jam1 ngok6) — background music (BGM); soundtrack; musical setting
• 背書 (bui6 syu1) — to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart; to back; to endorse (…
• 背板 (bui3 baan2) — panel; back panel
• 背棄 (bui3 hei3) — to abandon; to desert; to renounce
• 背榜 (bui3 bong2) — to score last in an examination
• 背水一戰 (bui3 seoi2 jat1 zin3) — lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
• 背簍 (bui3 lau5) — basket carried on the back (usu. woven from bamboo)
• 背約 (bui3 joek3) — to break an agreement; to go back on one's word; to fail to keep one's promise
• 背脊 (bui3 zek3) — the back of the human body
• 背著手 (bui3 zoek6 sau2) — with one's hands clasped behind one's back
• 背誦 (bui6 zung6) — to recite; to repeat from memory
• 背謬 (bui3 mau6) — variant of 悖謬|悖谬[bei4 miu4]
• 背負 (bui3 fu6) — to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder
• 背轉 (bui3 zyun2) — to turn away; to turn one's back to; (gymnastics etc) backspin
• 背道而馳 (bui3 dou6 ji4 ci4) — to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
• 背部 (bui3 bou6) — back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
• 背闊肌 (bui3 fut3 gei1) — latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
• 背陰 (bui3 jam1) — in the shade; shady
• 背離 (bui3 lei4) — to depart from; to deviate from; deviation
• 背靠背 (bui3 kaau3 bui3) — back to back
• 背面 (bui3 min6) — the back; the reverse side; the wrong side
• 背頭 (bui3 tau4) — swept-back hairstyle
• 背骨 (bui3 gwat1) — spine
• 背鰭 (bui3 kei4) — dorsal fin
• 背黑鍋 (bui3 hak1 wo1) — to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
• 胎便 (toi1 bin6) — meconium
• 胎兒 (toi1 ji4) — unborn child; fetus; embryo
• 胎動 (toi1 dung6) — fetal movement
• 胎壓 (toi1 aat3) — tire pressure
• 胎教 (toi1 gaau3) — prenatal education; antenatal training; prenatal influences
• 胎生 (toi1 saang1) — viviparous
• 胎盤 (toi1 pun4) — placenta
• 胎糞 (toi1 fan3) — meconium
• 胎記 (toi1 gei3) — birthmark
• 胎面 (toi1 min2) — surface of tire; tread (of tire)
• 胖乎乎 (bun6 fu1 fu1) — chubby
• 胖人 (bun6 jan4) — overweight person; fatty
• 胖嘟嘟 (bun6 dou1 dou1) — plump; pudgy; chubby
• 胖墩墩 (bun6 deon1 deon1) — short and stout; heavy-set
• 胖大海 (bun6 daai6 hoi2) — malva nut; seed of Sterculia lychnophora
• 胖子 (bun6 zi2) — fat person; fatty
• 胖頭魚 (bun6 tau4 jyu2) — see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]
• 胚囊 (pui1 nong4) — (botany) embryo sac
• 胚囊泡 (pui1 nong4 pou5) — (biology) blastodermic vesicle
• 胚層 (pui1 cang4) — germ layer; layer of tissue in embryology
• 胚泡 (pui1 pou5) — (biology) blastocyst
• 胚珠 (pui1 zyu1) — ovule
• 胚胎 (pui1 toi1) — embryo
• 胚胎學 (pui1 toi1 hok6) — embryology
• 胚胎發生 (pui1 toi1 faat3 sang1) — embryogenesis
• 胚芽 (pui1 ngaa4) — bud; sprout; germ
• 胚芽米 (pui1 ngaa4 mai5) — semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
• 胚芽鞘 (pui1 ngaa4 ciu3) — coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
• 胞嘧啶 (baau1 mat6 ding6) — cytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鳥嘌呤|鸟嘌呤 in DNA and RNA)
• 胞子 (baau1 zi2) — variant of 孢子[bao1 zi3]
• 胞漿 (baau1 zoeng1) — cytoplasm
• 胞藻 (baau1 zou2) — algae
• 胞衣 (baau1 ji1) — afterbirth
• 胠篋 (keoi1 haap6) — to steal; to pilfer
• 胡亂 (wu4 lyun6) — careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
• 胡人 (wu4 jan4) — ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times; foreigner; barba…
• 胡佛 (wu4 fat6) — Hoover (name); Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican pol…
• 胡作非為 (wu4 zok3 fei1 wai4) — to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
• 胡佳 (wu4 gaai1) — Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist
• 胡來 (wu4 loi4) — to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of…
• 胡兀鷲 (wu4 ngat6 zau6) — (bird species of China) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
• 胡克 (wu4 hak1) — Hook or Hooke (name); Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental …
• 胡吃海喝 (wu4 hek3 hoi2 hot3) — to eat and drink gluttonously; to pig out
• 胡吃海塞 (wu4 hek3 hoi2 sak1) — to stuff oneself with food
• 胡吹 (wu4 ceoi1) — to boast wildly
• 胡唚 (wu4 cam3) — to talk provokingly or nonsensically
• 胡圖族 (wu4 tou4 zuk6) — Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
• 胡塗 (wu4 tou4) — variant of 糊塗|糊涂[hu2 tu5]
• 胡天 (wu4 tin1) — Zoroastrianism
• 胡天胡帝 (wu4 tin1 wu4 dai3) — with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom); reckless; intemperate
• 胡夫 (wu4 fu1) — Khufu (pharaoh, reigned possibly 2590-2568 BC)
• 胡姬花 (wu4 gei1 faa1) — Vanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
• 胡志強 (wu4 zi3 koeng4) — Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister
• 胡志明 (wu4 zi3 ming4) — Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader; see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2…
• 胡志明市 (wu4 zi3 ming4 si5) — Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
• 胡思亂想 (wu4 si1 lyun6 soeng2) — (idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 胡想 (wu4 soeng2) — to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 胡慧中 (wu4 wai6 zung1) — Sibelle Hu (1958-), Taiwanese actress
• 胡扯 (wu4 ce2) — to chatter; nonsense; blather
• 胡扯八溜 (wu4 ce2 baat3 lau6) — to talk nonsense
• 胡扯淡 (wu4 ce2 daam6) — nonsense; irresponsible patter
• 胡掄 (wu4 leon4) — to act rashly
• 胡搞 (wu4 gaau2) — to mess around; to mess with something; to have an affair
• 胡攪 (wu4 gaau2) — to disturb; to pester
• 胡攪蠻纏 (wu4 gaau2 maan4 cin4) — (idiom) to pester endlessly
• 胡桃 (wu4 tou4) — walnut
• 胡椒 (wu4 ziu1) — pepper
• 胡椒噴霧 (wu4 ziu1 pan3 mou6) — pepper spray; OC spray
• 胡椒子 (wu4 ziu1 zi2) — peppercorn; seeds of pepper
• 胡椒屬 (wu4 ziu1 suk6) — pepper genus (Piper spp.)
• 胡椒粉 (wu4 ziu1 fan2) — ground pepper (i.e. powder)
• 胡椒粒 (wu4 ziu1 lap1) — peppercorn; seeds of pepper
• 胡椒薄荷 (wu4 ziu1 bok6 ho4) — peppermint
• 胡樂 (wu4 ngok6) — Hu music; central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati)
• 胡溫新政 (wu4 wan1 san1 zing3) — Hu-Wen New Administration (formed in 2003), ostensibly reform-oriented leadersh…
• 胡燕妮 (wu4 jin3 nei4) — Jenny Hu (1945-), Hong Kong actress
• 胡狼 (wu4 long4) — jackal
• 胡琴 (wu4 kam4) — huqin; family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden so…
• 胡瓜 (wu4 gwaa1) — cucumber
• 胡瓜魚 (wu4 gwaa1 jyu2) — smelt (family Osmeridae)
• 胡笙 (wu4 saang1) — pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
• 胡紫薇 (wu4 zi2 mei4) — Hu Ziwei (1970-), PRC lady TV presenter
• 胡編亂造 (wu4 pin1 lyun6 zou6) — to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom); to make things up
• 胡纏 (wu4 cin4) — to pester; to involve sb unreasonably
• 胡耀邦 (wu4 jiu6 bong1) — Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
• 胡臭 (wu4 cau3) — variant of 狐臭[hu2 chou4]
• 胡花 (wu4 faa1) — to spend recklessly; to squander money
• 胡荽 (wu4 seoi1) — coriander; cilantro
• 胡蘆巴 (wu4 lou4 baa1) — fenugreek
• 胡蘿蔔 (wu4 lo4 baak6) — carrot
• 胡蘿蔔素 (wu4 lo4 baak6 sou3) — carotene
• 胡蜂 (wu4 fung1) — wasp; hornet
• 胡蝶 (wu4 dip6) — variant of 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]
• 胡言亂語 (wu4 jin4 lyun6 jyu5) — babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
• 胡話 (wu4 waa6) — nonsense; ridiculous talk; hogwash
• 胡說 (wu4 syut3) — to talk nonsense; drivel
• 胡說八道 (wu4 syut3 baat3 dou6) — to talk rubbish
• 胡謅 (wu4 zau1) — to invent crazy nonsense; to cook up (excuses); to talk at random; wild babble
• 胡謅亂扯 (wu4 zau1 lyun6 ce2) — see 胡謅八扯|胡诌八扯[hu2 zhou1 ba1 che3]
• 胡謅亂說 (wu4 zau1 lyun6 syut3) — see 胡謅八扯|胡诌八扯[hu2 zhou1 ba1 che3]
• 胡謅亂道 (wu4 zau1 lyun6 dou6) — see 胡謅八扯|胡诌八扯[hu2 zhou1 ba1 che3]
• 胡謅八扯 (wu4 zau1 baat3 ce2) — (idiom) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
• 胡豆 (wu4 dau2) — broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
• 胡適 (wu4 sik1) — Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文…
• 胡鄂公 (wu4 ngok6 gung1) — Hu Egong (1884-1951), Chinese revolutionary and politician
• 胡銓 (wu4 cyun4) — Hu Quan (1102-1180), Song Dynasty official and poet
• 胡錦濤 (wu4 gam2 tou4) — Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC…
• 胡鬧 (wu4 naau6) — to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
• 胡麻 (wu4 maa4) — sesame; (botany) flax; linseed
• 胡麻籽 (wu4 maa4 zi2) — sesame seed
• 胥吏 (seoi1 lei6) — low-level government official (in former times)
• 胬肉 (nou5 juk6) — pterygium (medicine)
• 胭 (jin1) — rouge
• 胭脂魚 (jin1 zi1 jyu2) — Chinese high-fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)
• 胯下之辱 (kwaa3 haa6 zi1 juk6) — (lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (…
• 胯下物 (kwaa3 haa6 mat6) — (slang) male member; package
• 胯骨 (kwaa3 gwat1) — hip bone
• 胰 (ji4) — pancreas
• 胰島 (ji4 dou2) — (anatomy) pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
• 胰島素 (ji4 dou2 sou3) — insulin
• 胰液 (ji4 jik6) — pancreatic fluid
• 胰腺 (ji4 sin3) — pancreas
• 胰腺炎 (ji4 sin3 jim4) — pancreatitis
• 胰臟 (ji4 zong6) — pancreas
• 胰臟炎 (ji4 zong6 jim4) — pancreatitis
• 胱 (gwong1) — used in 膀胱[pang2 guang1]
• 胳肢 (gaak3 zi1) — (dialect) to tickle
• 胳肢窩 (gaak3 zi1 wo1) — armpit; also pr. [ge1 zhi5 wo1]; also written 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
• 胳膊 (gaak3 bok3) — arm
• 胳膊肘 (gaak3 bok3 zau2) — elbow
• 胳膊肘子 (gaak3 bok3 zau2 zi2) — see 胳膊肘[ge1 bo5 zhou3]
• 胳膊肘朝外拐 (gaak3 bok3 zau2 ciu4 ngoi6 gwaai2) — lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than o…
• 胳臂 (gaak3 bei3) — arm; also pr. [ge1 bi4]
• 胳臂箍兒 (gaak3 bei3 ku1 ji4) — armband
• 胳臂肘兒 (gaak3 bei3 zau2 ji4) — elbow
• 胴體 (dung6 tai2) — carcass; naked body
• 胸中 (hung1 zung1) — one's mind
• 胸中無數 (hung1 zung1 mou4 sou3) — see 心中無數|心中无数[xin1 zhong1 wu2 shu4]
• 胸前 (hung1 cin4) — (on the) chest; bosom
• 胸口 (hung1 hau2) — chest
• 胸噎 (hung1 jit3) — thoracic choke (animal harness)
• 胸大無腦 (hung1 daai6 mou5 nou5) — (having) big boobs but no brain; bimbo
• 胸大肌 (hung1 daai6 gei1) — pectoralis major muscle (across the top of the chest)
• 胸寬 (hung1 fun1) — width of chest
• 胸廓 (hung1 kwok3) — thorax
• 胸廓切開術 (hung1 kwok3 cit3 hoi1 seot6) — thoracotomy (medicine)
• 胸悶 (hung1 mun6) — chest pain; chest distress
• 胸懷 (hung1 waai4) — one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think abo…
• 胸懷坦蕩 (hung1 waai4 taan2 dong6) — open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous; openhearted; unselfish…
• 胸推 (hung1 teoi1) — massage using one's breasts
• 胸有丘壑 (hung1 jau5 jau1 kok3) — far-sighted; astute
• 胸有城府 (hung1 jau5 sing4 fu2) — subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom; deep and shrewd
• 胸有成竹 (hung1 jau5 sing4 zuk1) — (idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
• 胸有成算 (hung1 jau5 sing4 syun3) — the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance; forewa…
• 胸椎 (hung1 zeoi1) — thoracic vertebra; the twelve thoracic vertebras behind the ribcage of humans a…
• 胸槽 (hung1 cou4) — cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts)
• 胸無城府 (hung1 mou4 sing4 fu2) — open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous
• 胸無大志 (hung1 mou4 daai6 zi3) — to have no aspirations (idiom); unambitious
• 胸無宿物 (hung1 mou4 suk1 mat6) — open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous
• 胸牆 (hung1 coeng4) — parapet; defensive wall; breastwork
• 胸甲 (hung1 gaap3) — breastplate
• 胸章 (hung1 zoeng1) — lapel badge
• 胸罩 (hung1 zaau3) — brassiere (underwear); bra
• 胸肉 (hung1 juk6) — breast meat (brisket, chicken breast etc)
• 胸肌 (hung1 gei1) — pectoral muscles
• 胸脅 (hung1 hip3) — chest and hypochondrium; upper part of the body
• 胸脯 (hung1 pou2) — chest
• 胸腔 (hung1 hong1) — thoracic cavity
• 胸腺 (hung1 sin3) — thymus
• 胸腺嘧啶 (hung1 sin3 mat6 ding6) — thymine nucleotide (T, pairs with adenine A 腺嘌呤 in DNA)
• 胸膛 (hung1 tong4) — chest
• 胸膜 (hung1 mok2) — (anatomy) pleura
• 胸膜炎 (hung1 mok2 jim4) — pleurisy
• 胸臆 (hung1 jik1) — inner feelings; what is deep in one's heart
• 胸花 (hung1 faa1) — corsage; boutonnière
• 胸透 (hung1 tau3) — chest fluoroscopy
• 胸針 (hung1 zam1) — brooch
• 胸靶 (hung1 baa2) — chest silhouette (used as a target in shooting practice)
• 胸音 (hung1 jam1) — chest voice
• 胸骨 (hung1 gwat1) — sternum; breastbone
• 胸鰭 (hung1 kei4) — pectoral fin
• 胺基酸 (on1 gei1 syun1) — (Tw) amino acid
• 胼手胝足 (pin4 sau2 zi1 zuk1) — lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom); fig. to work one's fingers to the…
• 胼胝 (pin4 zi1) — callus
• 胼胝體 (pin4 zi1 tai2) — (anatomy) corpus callosum
• 能上能下 (nang4 soeng5 nang4 haa6) — ready to take any job, high or low
• 能事 (nang4 si6) — particular abilities; one's forte
• 能人 (nang4 jan4) — capable person; Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
• 能伸能屈 (nang4 san1 nang4 wat1) — see 能屈能伸[neng2 qu1 neng2 shen1]
• 能力 (nang4 lik6) — capability; ability
• 能動性 (nang4 dung6 sing3) — initiative; active role
• 能否 (nang4 fau2) — whether one can; whether it is possible
• 能夠 (nang4 gau3) — to be capable of; to be able to; can
• 能屈能伸 (nang4 wat1 nang4 san1) — can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to g…
• 能幹 (nang4 gon3) — capable; competent
• 能彀 (nang4 gau3) — old variant of 能夠|能够[neng2 gou4]
• 能手 (nang4 sau2) — expert
• 能歌善舞 (nang4 go1 sin6 mou5) — can sing and dance (idiom); fig. a person of many talents
• 能源 (nang4 jyun4) — energy sources; energy
• 能源危機 (nang4 jyun4 ngai4 gei1) — energy crisis
• 能級 (nang4 kap1) — energy level
• 能者多勞 (nang4 ze2 do1 lou4) — (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolat…
• 能耐 (nang4 noi6) — ability; capability
• 能見度 (nang4 gin3 dou6) — visibility
• 能言善辯 (nang4 jin4 sin6 bin6) — glib of tongue (idiom); eloquent
• 能詩善文 (nang4 si1 sin6 man4) — highly literate; lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
• 能說會道 (nang4 syut3 wui2 dou6) — can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
• 能量 (nang4 loeng6) — energy; capabilities
• 能量代謝 (nang4 loeng6 doi6 ze6) — energy metabolism
• 能量守恆 (nang4 loeng6 sau2 hang4) — conservation of energy (physics)
• 能願動詞 (nang4 jyun6 dung6 ci4) — modal verb (e.g. 肯[ken3], 能[neng2], 會|会[hui4], 要[yao4], 該|该[gai1], 得[dei3], 願意|…
• 脂環烴 (zi1 waan4 ting1) — alicyclic hydrocarbon (i.e. involving ring other than benzene ring)
• 脂粉 (zi1 fan2) — cosmetics
• 脂粉氣 (zi1 fan2 hei3) — feminine quality; effeminate
• 脂肪 (zi1 fong1) — fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
• 脂肪團 (zi1 fong1 tyun4) — cellulite
• 脂肪肝 (zi1 fong1 gon1) — fatty liver
• 脂肪酸 (zi1 fong1 syun1) — fatty acid
• 脂膏 (zi1 gou1) — fat; grease; riches; fortune; fruits of one's labor
• 脂蛋白 (zi1 daan2 baak6) — lipoprotein
• 脂質體 (zi1 zat1 tai2) — liposome (bilayer lipid vesicle)
• 脂酸 (zi1 syun1) — see 脂肪酸[zhi1 fang2 suan1]
• 脂麻 (zi1 maa4) — variant of 芝麻[zhi1 ma5]
• 脅從犯 (hip3 cung4 faan6) — accomplice under duress; coerced accomplice; induced accomplice
• 脅持 (hip3 ci4) — to hold under duress
• 脅迫 (hip3 bik1) — to coerce; to compel; to force
• 脆片 (ceoi3 pin2) — chip
• 脆穀樂 (ceoi3 guk1 lok6) — Cheerios (breakfast cereal)
• 脆脆 (ceoi3 ceoi3) — crispy
• 脈動 (mak6 dung6) — pulse; throbbing; pulsation
• 脈口 (mak6 hau2) — location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
• 脈壓 (mak6 aat3) — blood pressure
• 脈息 (mak6 sik1) — pulse
• 脈搏 (mak6 bok3) — pulse (both medical and figurative)
• 脈案 (mak6 on3) — (TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription; medical record
• 脈石 (mak6 sek6) — (mining) gangue; veinstone
• 脈管 (mak6 gun2) — vascular (made up of vessels)
• 脈管組織 (mak6 gun2 zou2 zik1) — vascular tissue
• 脈絡 (mak6 lok3) — arteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or an…
• 脈絡膜 (mak6 lok3 mok2) — choroid (vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera)

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